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Deprivation & opportunity in Stoke-on-Trent

IMD 2019 · 159 LSOAs · MHCLG · OGL v3.0

What is the area opportunity and deprivation level in Stoke-on-Trent?

Stoke-on-Trent has a Gera Area Opportunity Index (GAOI) of 31.6/100 (rank 301 of 313 English local authorities), 26.3 points below the national average of 57.9/100. This places Stoke-on-Trent in the "Low Opportunity" tier. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG), OGL v3.0.

Proprietary metric:Gera Area Opportunity Index (GAOI/100)·As of September 2019 · updated when MHCLG publishes new IMD (last: )

31.6

GAOI / 100

#301

of 313 English LAs

Low Opportunity

Opportunity tier

-26.3

vs England avg (57.9)

Domain breakdown — Stoke-on-Trent

All scores 0–100 (higher = less deprived / more opportunity). Derived from IMD 2019 by inverting and normalising each domain across all 313 English LAs.

GAOI domain sub-scores for Stoke-on-Trent
DomainIMD weightGAOI sub-scoreBar
Income22.5%27.5/100
Employment22.5%27.7/100
Education13.5%8.1/100
Health13.5%14.2/100
Crime Safety9.3%24.5/100
Housing Access9.3%80.6/100
Environment9.3%68.8/100

Raw mean IMD composite: 34.50 (population-weighted across 159 LSOAs). Population (mid-2015): 251,746.

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31.6/100Low Opportunity
vs England avg
-26.3 pts

Official ONS-weighted GAOI · Stoke-on-Trent · IMD 2019 source data

Domain breakdown (0 = most deprived, 100 = least deprived)

💷 Income(22.5%)27.5/100
👔 Employment(22.5%)27.7/100
🎓 Education(13.5%)8.1/100
🏥 Health(13.5%)14.2/100
🔒 Crime Safety(9.3%)24.5/100
🏠 Housing Access(9.3%)80.6/100
🌿 Environment(9.3%)68.8/100

GAOI sub-scores derived from English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG, OGL v3.0). Each sub-score = inverted and min-max normalised domain score across all 313 English LAs. Custom weighting is illustrative — not an official statistic.

Questions about Stoke-on-Trent

What is the deprivation level in Stoke-on-Trent?
Stoke-on-Trent has a Gera Area Opportunity Index of 31.6/100 (rank 301 of 313 English LAs), placing it in the "Low Opportunity" tier. Its population-weighted mean IMD score is 34.504 (lower IMD = less deprived). The national average IMD is 19.535. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019, MHCLG, OGL v3.0.
What are the strongest and weakest opportunity domains in Stoke-on-Trent?
In Stoke-on-Trent, the strongest opportunity domains are housing access (80.6/100) and environment (68.8/100). The domains with most room for improvement are health (14.2/100) and education (8.1/100). All scores are 0–100 (higher = less deprived / more opportunity), derived from English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG).
How does Stoke-on-Trent compare with the England average for deprivation?
Stoke-on-Trent's GAOI of 31.6/100 is 26.3 points below the England average of 57.9/100, based on the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG). It ranks 301 out of 313 English local authorities (rank 1 = least deprived / highest opportunity).

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Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019 — File 7 (All LSOA Scores, Ranks, Deciles). Published by Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG), September 2019. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. GAOI methodology: https://gerarent.com/methodology/gera-area-opportunity-index. Data as of ; page updated .